Two to three days work well. Give one day to Bhedaghat for the marble gorge, Dhuandhar Falls and the Chausath Yogini Temple. Spend another on Madan Mahal Fort, the Balancing Rock and the old markets around Kamania Gate, and keep an evening for the aarti at Gwarighat.

Bhedaghat is about 20 km from central Jabalpur, roughly 45 minutes by road. Auto-rickshaws and cabs make the trip, and Bhedaghat also has a small railway station. The boat jetty, Dhuandhar Falls and the Chausath Yogini Temple sit close together, so one visit covers them all.

That is the generally accepted story. In the 1870s, British Army officers in Jubbulpore, as the city was then spelled, mixed billiards variations in their mess and added colored balls to the game. Its rules were finalized later at Ooty, but Jabalpur keeps the bragging rights as its birthplace.